Hanger for garments and other articles.



PATENTED SEPT. 11

J. M. WALKER. HANGER FOR GARMENTS AND OTHERARTIOLES.

APPLICATION TILED FEB. 20, nice.

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PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

. J. M. WALKER. HANGER FOR GARMENTS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1906.

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JAMES MILLER IVALKER,

OF AUG USTA, GEORGIA.

HANGER FOR GARMENTS AND OTHER'ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

"Patented Sept. 1 1, 1906.

Application filed February 20.1906. Serial No. 362,036-

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES MILLER WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Garments and other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a hanger for supporting garments or other articles for display uiooses or for storage, or both, such as will e easy to manufacture and efficient in the work for which it is desi ned.

W'it the foregoing object in view my said invention consists in the novel combination and arran ement of parts hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the accompanying claims. i

In order to more fully describe my said invention, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment thereof, and in which Figure l is a vertical cross-section of the upper ort-ion of a cabinet, showing my improve hanger in side elevation within the said cabinet; Fig. 2, a top plan view of the said hanger; Fig. 3, an enlar ed detail sectional view through the tro ley and ballbearing pivot connections of the hanger with portions in elevation; Fig. 4, an enlarged detail view, artl in elevation and partly in section, tafien a ong the line 4 4, Fig. 2, with the radial su porting-arms broken away; and Fig. 5 an eniarged detail view, partly in sec tion and partly in elevation, showing manner of connecting the handles tothe radiating arms and circular rim.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention I provide a suitable support 1, preferably in the form of a metallic I-beam, and which may be supported in any suitable way. In the form of my invention illustrated this I-beam is'supported at its ends in brackets 2 and 3, which are made fast to the front and rear, respectively, of cabinet 4, having a vertically- The specific structure or form of this cabinet forms no part of my invention, and it may therefore be of any desired shape or form.

Upon the Z-beam 1 is adapted to travel a trolley 6, comprising in the case shown a preferably metal frame 7, U-sha ed in crosssection and provided with re er-bearings,

the latter consisting of two flanged rollers o and 9, journaled in the frame 7 near the upper'end thereof and adapted to res-t upon the upper edge of the I-beam 1, as shown, and a second ,pair of flanged rollers 10 and 11, journaled in the sides of the frame 7 directly beneath the rollers 8 and 9, respectively, and

.located a sufficient distance from the latter rollers to engage the I-beam 1 when the roll- -'jers 8 and 9 are resting thereon The rollers being thus spaced a art on each side of the I- beam prevent the rame 0f the trolley from tilting in any direction. All of said rollers are referably of metal.

Tile rack or portion from which the articles are adapted to be suspended or hung consists in the case shown, among other parts, of a plurality of arms 12, which radiate from a common center and terminate at their outer ends in a circular rim 13. These arms are clamped at said center between two metal hub-plates 14 and 15 by screws or bolts 16. In continuation of the outer end of each of the arms 12 I provide a handle 17, screwthreaded at one end where it passes throu h the circular rim into the end of the radial arm. (See Fi 5. A nut 18 on said screwthreaded portlon holds said parts together. This rack is pivotally secured to the trolley 6 forrotation in a horizontal plane, and the pivotal connection is so arranged that there will be no tilting of the said rack, due to inequality of the weight suspended from different sides thereof. It is a further ob'ect of this pivotal connection to reduce t e friction thereof to a minimum, permitting the rack to be easily turned or rotated. This pivot'connection consists, amon other parts, of a pivotbolt 19, the head of w ich enga es the hubplate 15, while the shank of said bolt passes upward through a central opening in said p ate 15 and through a central openin in plate 14. Between the yoke of the trol eyframe and the upper plate of the huh I provide a ball-bearing consistin of a plurality of balls 20, adapted to trave in an annular raceway 21 in the upper face of the plate 14 and in a plate 22, made fast to the lower face of the yoke of said trolley-frame.

In order to further reduce the friction of the pivot, I provide a second ball-bearing between the inner face of the yoke of the trolley-frame and the nut 23 on the upper end of the pivot-bolt.

a metal plate 25, made fast to the inner face This ball-bearing consists of a similar raceway in the lower face of of the yoke of the trolley-frame s, series of balls 26, and an upper bearing-plate 27, which engages the nut 23 of the pivot-bolt.

The'balls 26 are adapted'to travel in annular raceways in the platesand 27,} respectigely. I A lug or-pin 28 on the head of the bolt 19 extends into an opening in the 3 plate 15, while the plate 27 is made to rotate with the bolt 19 by means of the key 29.

The articles t(i1 -b supported are suspended fromthe arms 12 or rim 13, or

both.

1 the apparatus is shown in'full lines wit u a cabinet, in which position the articles suspended from the rack may be completely inclosed in the cabinet, If it is desired to inspect these articlcsor to remove anyfro rack, t 20 the'rack or place others upon the cabinet-door is first opened and then the supporting-rack is pulled forward to the figsition shown in dotted lines in'Fig;-. 1. In t latter position by merely rotating thesupporting-rack any of the articles thereon may be readily inspected, removed there from, or others placed on said rack. After this is done the rack may again be ushed' back into the cabinet.

- that the supporting-trolley travels-upon roll Owing to t e fact ers, the rack may e ulled into and out of the cabinet with the east possible exertion, and owing to the ball-bearing pivotalco'nnec tion above described the rotation of the rack desire to confine itto this a plication, as

may be used in a number of lflferen't ways m stores, warerooms, and other places, Alsothe lspebific for-m ofthe rollers herein shown may be varied 'and' other modificationsmay be made without departing from the spiritof' the invention.-

Having thus described'my invention, what I claim is- 1. A hanger for garments and other art i cles, comprising a suj porting-beam, a trolley adapted to travel on'said beam and comprising a substantially U-sha'ped trolley-frame, and bearings mountedin said frame to engage the upper" ace of said beam and also to engage the lower face of said beam asupporting-rack comprising a' plurality of'radiatmg arms, and

tilting .out or said plane.

means to pivot said rack to said trolley for rotation in a horizontal plane, and against 2. A hanger for garments and other articles,,comprising a supporting-beam; a trolley adapted to travel'on saidibeam and compriscross-s ectiom-a set of flange naled in said frame and spaced apart horiave shown' my invention as a'p a pivot-bolt'passm stas s ing a' trolley-frame substantiall u-shaped in rollers jourzontally to engage the upperface of said beam at difierent poirits thereon, a set of similar rollers mounted in said frame under the aforesaid'rollers, spaced a art horizontally and adapted to engage the ower face of said beam at d'iiierent points thereon; a support-"Q ing-rack comprising a plurality of radiatin arms, and means to pivot said rack to sai trolley foi' rotationan a horizontal plane and against tilting out of said plane.

3. Aihanger for garments'and other articles, comprisinga supporting-beam a trolley adapted to travel on said beam and comprising a frame,-a'set of rollers journaled in said a frame and spaced apart horizontally to engage the upper face of said beam at diflerent points thereon and a set-of similar rollers beneath the aforesaid rollersfsplced apart to engage the lower face of said ent points thereon; a supporting-rack comprising-apluralit-y of arms radiating from a I :common center, a air of hub-plates and means cooperatin t erewith. to support the inner ends of sair? arms, a pivot connection having ball-bearings andsecuring said supporting-rack to said trolley for rotation-in a orizontal lane and against tilting, out ofam at differ-- said lane us to an inequal distributionof f weig t on said, rack:

4'. A hanger for garments and other articles, comprising an I-,beam,'a trolley-frame substantially U-shaped in' cross-section, a 'set of flan ed rollers ournaled insaid frame and space apart horizontallyto engage the up per-face of said I-beam at different points thereon, a set 01: similar rollers mountedin said frame respectively under the aforesaid.

rollers and adapted to engage the'lower face of said I-beam at difierentpoints thereon, a i

supporting-rack. comprising a plurality of arms radiating inja horizontal lancfronr a common center, a pair of hu '-plates and meanscooperating therewith to-support the innei' ends of said arms, a circular rim'in which said arms terrmnate at theirfouter 'ends,-'a plurality of handles radiating from said rim and passing through the same into said arms to hold said rim and arms together, through said hub-plates and'throu h the yolie of said trolley-frame to allow sai rack to rotate in a horizontal lane, a bearing-plate ri idly secured to the ow'er face of the yoke oi said'trolley-frame, ballsbetweensaidlate and one of said hubplates, a bearing-p ate made fast to the up- 7 -per face of the yoke of said trolley-frame, a

second, bearing-plate mounted thereabove,

balls'between' said plates, and a nut on said bolt adapted to engage the last-mentioned beari -plate. a

T e'combinatlon with a" cabinet, of a hanger for garments and other articles, comqa r s tially U-shaped in cross-section, a set of flanged rollers journaled in said frame and spaced apart horizontally to engage the upper face of said I-beam at different points thereon, a set of similar rollers mounted in said frame under the aforesaid rollers, spaced apart horizontall and adapted to engage the lower face of said I-beam at different points thereon, a supporting-rack comprising a lurality of arms radiatmg in a horizontal p ane from a common center, a pair of hub-plates and meanscooperating therewith to support the inner ends of said arms, acircular rim in which said arms terminate at their outer ends, a plurality of handles radiating from second bearing-p a pivot-bolt p assin through said huh-plates 20 and through the yo e of said trolley-frame to allow said rack to rotate in ahorizontal plane,

a bearin -plate rigidly secured to the lower face of t e oke of said trolley-frame, balls between said plate and one'of said hubg5 plates, a bearinglate made fast to the upper face of the yo e .of said trolley-frame??? late mounted thereabove,

balls between said plates, and a nut on said bolt adapted to engage the last-mentioned o bearing-plate.

In test mony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES MILLER WALKER;

Witnesses:

GEO. S. LARKIN, LEO P. MCCARTHY- 

